Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-24
THE SOUTH AND THE TARIFF.
A Talk With Representative McCreary.
THE WONDERFUL INDUSTRIAL DBvELOPMRNT OF THE
SOUTH, AND HIS OWN STATR PART1CULARLY--BCT
THE SOCTH WANTS TARIFF REFORM ALL TIE sANE.

THE sOCTH WANTS TARIFF RRFoRM ALL TH4 SAM.
AsrAR reporter met Representative Mccreary
at the Riggs House this morning. He had just
come from Kentucky, and expects to be in Wash.
1ngton for week
I'VE have suffered from drought In Kentucky" I"
he said, land am afraid the crops will not be
quite as good as usual. Otherwise the State is
progressing rapidly, business is active in every
nne and the State is being developed. AL the
Southern States are developing wealth and enter
PRISE Northern and English capital
Is coming down there. Fully i've hundred
miles OF railroad have been built in Ken
lucky during the past year. The report OF the
railroad commissioner, that came out just before
lelt home, SHOWS this The State has great min
eral wealth; the coal fields are more extensive
1aan "a those OF Pennsylvania ALI the eastern part
are Oelng built In the development OF these riches.
kentucky produces just 40 per cent OF the tobacco
tne country, large per cent OF the whisky and,
mink, there are no better horses than we raise.
IL Is quite wonderful the way
rHE SoCTH Is sPRrNG1NG FORWARD.
was Impressed yesterday as I passed through
west Virginia with the sight OF q burning well,
the flames shooting high in the air. They had
Struck STR natural gas and it mad been burning IN
own plantation down in Alabama, and take an
,erest IN watching the development OF that state
admirably situated, rica with minerals,
and well supplied with water. All through
Ine central part OF the State you can dig
Everybody knows OF the rapid developmc mt
going on down there. They have their mountains
0l iron and mountains OF coal close together:
Inc same conditions exist near the borders Of
kentucky, only the iron mountains are In Virginia
ana the coal In Kentucky, but they are close
together In the same way"
PROTECTIONIsTs SCARCE IN THE SOUTH.
"What effect is this development OF the
South n Ia hQ m q
protection1sts Of the people down there9" asked
THE STAR reporter
"NO, 1t will not make protectionists Of them
The term protection has broad meaning The
vised and reduced The place where the strongest
'protectiOn" sentiment Is expected to be found Is
tight about Burmingham Ala, where AL she
represented that district in the last Con.
gress, and voted with Mr. Randall It
the people OF Of @ his district he lived in Birmingham
and 1t was supposed that they would support INN.
But when he went In FOR the nomination ne was
the city proper, but the people came from the
mount aims and the valleys and the byways and
beat him. The majority OF the people Of the coun-
that the revenues will not be more than enough,
as we say in our platform, TO support the govern.
ment economically administered" congress must
make such reduction lniS winter.
THE PROGRAM WHEN CONGRESS ASSEMBLIES
'eDo you think you will be able to do so?" asked
THE STAR.
Yes; think we shall pass bill this winter. A
bill will have to be handled In caucus caucus
will be held shortly after the meeting OF Congress-
at which the outline OF a bill will be presented
and discussed"
''ru.s outline was prepared at the conference
with the President recently?" inquired the re-
p,rter.
"Yes;I believe So" was the reply. "The general
outline was prepared. could not OF course, say
what they will do. shall Just say what think
caucus, having the approval OF the Administration
I think, as a general plan TO be discussed and
worked upon and changed according to the will OF
the caucus. and fin lily bill will be brought In
that will have been thoroughly discussed in caucus
and will be the .ucus bill, Then, OF course, 1t
VIII have to go through the committee
and decided upon it, SO there will be no delay.
The previous question may be ordered and the bill
passed without any unnecessary delay. Other
wise the thing Is 1nterminable. TO make up a bill
as IL was before In the committee takes up so
much time that the session Is almost over before
the bill Is ready. member OF the opposition
could take up day In speech and then send for
an expert on gl.ss, or iron, or steel, and take up
time In fnterminable hearings"
OUR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE SOUTH
AMERICAN REPUBLICS
Another thing Judge McCreary said he hoped
this Congress would do was to take action to
bring about closer commercial relations with the
republics OF Central and South America.
"Th1S Is one OF the most important things that
demands the attention OF Congress" he said. IAN
tho governments are trying TO follow us. They
are all republics except Brazil. That is the only
empire. rheir natural arfinities are with us
We should have extensive commercial relations
with them. They are no longer Insignificant
governments. The distribution Of the trade now
Is out Of the natural channel Like Peru, for
instance. they are much closer 10 US as people
than Lney are TO the English. Yet England's trade
with them last year amounted TO SS,OO0, 600,
While ours was les, than half million. Take the
Argentine Republic, Germanys trade With that
country was $29, 100000 ours was only "a, 600 OOO
This Is thing that Congress must look tuto.
hope the President will make some Recommended
tions on the subject in his message, and that Con-
gresS will act"
Judge McCreary called on the President during
the day.